Egg-holder



W. F. WENT.

EGG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.18,1.914.

Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

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EGG-HOLDER.

Application filed August 18, 1914.

To all lo/10m it may concern Be it known that l, l/VILLIAM F. VENT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso, and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices that are used primarily in transporting eggs, and the object of the same is the provision of a set of egg-receiving cells that are adapted to be placed in a box or like receptacle.

Another object of this invention is to provide an egg-transporting holder that will efliciently prevent the breaking of eggs car ried by the same.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of an egg-holding device that is made of wire which has egg-holding cells that are in the form of spiral springs.

A still further object of this invention is the production of an egg-holding device that has resilient means connecting the egg-re ceivmg cells so as to efliclently take up any shock that may be given the receptacle in which the device is placed.

A. still further object of this invention is the production of a device of the kind above described that is simple in construction, efli cient in operation and consists of the minimum number of parts.

lVith these and other objects in view, this invention consists of certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the improved eggreceiving device. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in elevation of a portion of the egg-receiving devices with the portions of the same out of engagement. Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view of one of the egg-receiving cells with the support therefor.

It is wished to be known that as many of the egg-retaining cells as desired can be connected together, as shown in the accompanying drawings, and for the purpose of illustration 1 have shown a holder that provides means for the reception of one dozen eggs.

Referring to the parts by reference numerals, in which like characters designate Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

Serial No. 857,387.

versely extending strips 11 are eyes 14 a through which the longitudinally extending bracing strip 12 passes. At the extremities of the longitudinally extending bracing strip 12 are eyes 15 that engage the main frame 10.

It will be seen from the foregoing description taken together with Fig. 2 of the drawings, that the frame 10 is thus divided into six equal portions by means of the transversely extending bracing strips 11 and the longitudinally extending bracing strip 12. As shown in Fig. 1, when it is wished to provide means for the transportation of a dozen eggs, four of such frames as have been thus described are provided, and for identification the numeral 16 is given to the intermediate disposed frames and the numerals 17 and 18 to the lower and upper arranged frames respectively.

Positioned centrally of the portions that are made by means of the frame 10 and the bracing strips 11 and 12, are the egg-receiving cells that are formed of spiral springs. The lower and upper frames 17 and 18 carry the egg-receiving cells 19 that are formed by convolntes of spring wire, said convolutes being made smaller as they recede from the frames 17 and 18 to a point adjacent the ends thereof when the same are slightly made larger so as to accomplish a purpose hereinafter set forth.

The egg-receiving cells 20 carried by the intermediate frames 16 are formed of convoluted Wire, and the convolutions are reduced gradually until they reach the minimum size intermediate the length of the cells 20 so as to form egg-receiving portions at both ends of the same.

The method of securing the egg-receiving cells to their respectiveframes is identical, and therefore the description of one of the securing means is all that is necessary. To further insure eggs carried by the egg-receiving cells 19 and 20 from coming into contact with one another or with an object that would break the same, resilient means is provided to connect the cells 19 and 20 to their respective frames. The resilient means above referred to comprise a series of connecting springs that are connected to the main frame 10 and the bracing strips 11 and 12. These connecting springs are positioned at regular intervals on the convolute in alinement with the frame 10 and the strips 11 and 12, and as shown in the accompanying drawings, four of the same are used to connect one cell to a frame. The resilient means comprises coil springs 21 that are disposed at an angle to each other, and have an eye 22 formed at the connection point of the two springs 21, said eye 22 engaging the convolute of the egg-receiving cell that is in alincment with the frame 10 and the strips 11 and 12, and at the extremities of the springs 21 are eyes 23 that are positioned on the frame 10, the strips 11 or 12 as the case may be.

lVhen the device is assembled so as to be used for transporting eggs, the same is ar ranged as shown in Fig. 1, and the cells 19 and 20 are arranged so as to form comple mentary registering sections and are designed when brought together with an egg to hold the same against any shock or to prevent any foreign object from engaging the The eggs carried in the cells are protected from engagement with the box or like receptacle into which the holder is placed because of the fact that the cells 19 that will necessarily engage the box or like receptacle have their ends slightly enlarged, so as to provide an etlicient bearing surface for the holder and at the same time prevent the engagement of the egg with the receptacle or box into which the holder is placed. Furthermore, eggs held by this device cannot come into engagement with one another, despite the fact that more than one egg is held at the same time by the cell 20 because of the reduced convolutes at the intermediate portion of said cell 21. If the box or like receptacle that this device is placed in has rough handling in transportation, the resilient connecting means for the cells will take up the shock that will be occasioned by the rough handling, and therefore prevent the breaking of eggs carried by this device.

It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form and construction of this invention without departing from the material parts thereof. It is therefore not wished to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is wished to include all such as properly come within the scope claimed.

I claim:

1. An egg holder comprising a frame, egg holding means, and a means for resiliently securing said egg holding means to said frame, said means comprising a plurality of pairs of connected springs, means formed at the connected ends of said springs to receive a portion of said egg receiving means and means for connecting said springs to said frame.

2. An egg holder comprising a frame, egg holding means, coil springs in connection with said frame, said coil springs arranged in pairs each spring of each pair extending at an angle to the other and an eye formed at the meeting ends of said springs of each pair to receive a portion of said egg holding means to connect said springs to the egg holding means.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM F. VEN T.

lVitnesses:

CLYDE RANDOLPH, E. C. LIPSCOMD.

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